Articles by Editors of Electric Light & Power/ POWERGRID International

• ABB launches low-voltage breaker for energy management, smart grid
• GE introduces felt filtration medium for coal-fired power plants
• Synthesis Energy Systems technology to be used in Chinese coal gasification project
• Rising natural gas costs could cause shift back to coal
• Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships launches energy efficiency database
• Sky Solar Japan connects pair of photovoltaic power stations to grid
• Minnesota Valley Electric Cooperative chooses Milsoft GIS
• NRC sends inspection team to investigate fatal nuclear plant accident
• Bonneville Power Administration to upgrade transmission at Grand Coulee Dam
• Siemens acquires knowledge of organic Rankine cycle applications
• Alstom to service Lake Road natural gas power plant in Connecticut
• Frost & Sullivan: Financial, risk management crucial for power utilities
• GE sells company's first energy storage system in Europe
• Solar Wind Energy Tower plans to bring downdraft tower to market
• Coal-fired generation regains market share in March
• Employees return Plant Vogtle unit 2 to service after refueling outage
• Alstom to refurbish turbines of four Ontario Candu nuclear reactors
• SCE&G's V.C. Summer Nuclear Station completes mid-cycle outage
• Alstom will supply equipment for oil-fired steam power plant in Saudi Arabia
• Report: BP to sell wind power assets, focus on oil and gas
• India's 240 MW Uri 2 hydropower project nearing completion
• Cooling systems restored at Fukushima nuclear plant
• Black & Veatch names Edwards president, CEO
• PG&E cancels solar power contract with BrightSource Energy
• DOE renews funding for bioenergy research
• This summer: As hot as 2012, but with some drought relief
• NSTAR seeks to recover $38 million for storm response cost
• Study predicts adoption of plug-in electric vehicles with vehicle-to-building technology
• Arkansas Nuclear One plans to restart Unit 2
• California city partners with Chevron to boost energy efficiency, install renewable energy
• SRP, SunPower dedicate solar power system at Arizona State University
• MISO clears first annual capacity auction
• Gehrlicher Solar to build 3.8 MW solar power array for Washington Gas Energy Systems
• Tampa Electric files for rate increase
• SCE wants to restart San Onofre Nuclear June 1, NRC has doubts
• Reports: Explosion injures workers at Georgia coal-fired plant
• Solar photovoltaic demand in emerging Asian countries to enter boom
• Dominion Virginia Power will not increase base rates for two years
• DOE seeks partners to research marine power
• More than 400 microgrid projects now under development
• Puget Sound Energy releases 2013 draft resource plan
• ComEd created 2,400 jobs with grid modernization
• Minnesota Power completes new transmission line
• TVA spends $1 billion on coal plant emissions controls
• Missouri university to install solar energy-fueled microgrid
• British Solar Renewables to build 20 MW solar farm in Dorset
• Smart grid industrial control systems face funding challenges
• Toronto Hydro gets regulator OK for grid improvement plan, transformer station
• Day & Zimmermann forms joint venture with WorleyParsons
• JinkoSolar signs supply agreement for 115 MW in South Africa
• Large hydropower projects in Latin America fuel demand for large hydro turbines
• Fluor wins maintenance contract at Arizona solar power facility
• Energate smart grid technology to be used in 1,000 Ontario homes
• Tollgrade Communications distribution line sensor deployed for U.K. grid operator
• DOE names new Western Area Power Administration administrator
• Temple, Texas 758 MW natural gas plant expansion takes step forward
• Ormat to outfit 330 MW geothermal power plant in Indonesia
• Babcock & Wilcox chooses Intergraph technology to run power plants
• EnerNOC launches Green Button Open Data project
• Costa Rica brings 49 MW Toro hydro facility into operation
• Supreme Court asked to hear cross-state air pollution case
• Dominion to pay out $13.2 million to settle pollution case
• Dominion Virginia Power signs up 15,000 customers for renewable energy program
• CMS Energy nominates members for board of directors
• Vestas wins company's largest wind turbine order in Canada for 299 MW wind power project
• GE financing, supplying wind power technology for Kansas wind power project
• Mitsubishi Electric facility to include transmission and distribution systems center
• Greengate Power sells 300 MW Blackspring Ridge Wind Project to Enbridge, EDF Canada
• Hydrogenics to provide energy storage system for E.ON in Germany
• Radioactive water leaking at Fukushima nuclear power plant
• Renewable energy use increases in U.K., but emissions also rise
• Mon Power to spend $60 million in 2013 to enhance electric system reliability
• GE considers building 1,000 MW power plant in Ghana
• Fort Bliss to launch 20 MW solar energy project
• NRG Energy to buy 560 MW Texas cogeneration power plant
• Political pressure group wants to know if Obama's DOE nominee supports carbon tax
• REC solar energy plant goes online in Japan
• ECOtality, Kroger expands of electric vehicle partnership
• New emissions standards would fuel shift from coal to natural gas
• U.S. tidal energy company to expand into Scotland
• SCE submits license amendment to support San Onofre Unit 2 restart
• SAIC wins contract from Sandia National Laboratories
• Dong Energy will not join EDF EN in second French offshore wind power tender
• Alstom, Ampacimon join to help electric utilities optimize their grids
• NuScale Power conducts fuel test for small modular nuclear reactor
• Evanston, Illinois selects Verde Energy as retail electricity supplier
• Eastern European smart metering market to reach $10.3 billion by 2023
• Westinghouse to compete for second DOE grant for small modular reactor development
• ZigBee smart energy devices to pass 219 million units by 2020
• SCE chooses GE collaboration for transmission system protection
• At DistribuTECH, EnerNOC expands energy management platform capabilities
• SDG&E installs self-healing smart grid technology in San Diego
• Battelle unveils distribution services software at DistribuTECH
• SunEdison, CAP to build 100 MW solar energy plant in Chile
• Alstom buys U.K. tidal energy company
• GE launches new energy management system for outage prevention
• SAIC provides smart grid as a service to Kings Mountain, N.C.
• National Grid, Simple Energy team on customer-focused energy management platform
• SkyWave, ILS team to offer SCADA integration
• Alstom to upgrade gas-fired power plant in Thailand
• Georgia Power outlines 20-year plan to meet electricity needs
• DOE announces new projects to boost solar energy
• First Solar buys 50 MW Macho Springs Project from Element Power Solar
• GE introduces new wind turbine
• NorthWestern Energy to improve Montana electric transmission system
• White House: Yes, Secretary Chu is out at DOE
• Duke Energy Carolinas files N.C. rate increase request
• Verizon, DOE partner to boost electric vehicle charging infrastructure
• Energy Secretary Steven Chu releases statement on his departure
• Japan to build power grids to triple wind power capacity
• Wartsila signs service agreements for tri-fuel power plant
• Alberici to install turbine for SaskPower carbon capture pilot project
• Rocky Mountain Power plans to shut down Utah coal plant
• Duke Energy Renewables completes Black Mountain Solar Project in Arizona
• First Solar buys Chilean project developer Solar Chile
• Pulaski Electric System chooses Milsoft GIS
• Pattern wind farm sends power over Sunrise Powerlink transmission line
• FPL poles create artificial reefs off coast of Florida
• China's electrical grids freeze up
• Google invests in 161 MW Texas wind project
• N.Y. Smart Grid Consortium thanks Gov. Cuomo for post-Sandy grid repairs
• Apple files wind energy storage patent
• First Solar building 139 MW Campo Verde Solar Project
• Duke Energy Renewables completes solar farm in N.C.
• Solar energy booms in Chile, than 3.1 GW in planned projects
• Solar energy booms in Chile, more than 3.1 GW in planned projects
• EEI honors hurricane-hit utilities for their service during storm season
• NREL, Stanford team up on peel-and-stick solar energy cells
• Newport, Oregon selected for marine energy testing center
• Americans could save $585 million yearly with energy efficient products
• Run-of-river hydro projects move forward in Bosnia
• Honeywell to pay $4 million to settle energy efficiency contract dispute
• Georgia Power offers electric vehicle charging to employees
• DHS: Virus shut down power plant
• PJM Interconnection, New York ISO to coordinate transmission systems
• Trina Solar supplies 61 MW of solar modules for German solar energy project
• White Sands Missile Range opens U.S. Army's biggest solar energy system
• DNV to open smart grid research lab
• TIO to offer bill payment services for Gulf Power customers
• DOI head Ken Salazar to leave by March
• Offshore wind transmission project selects Bechtel, Alstom
• NREL, ARPA-E pair on electric vehicle, energy storage research
• Former CEO elected to Wisconsin Energy board of directors
• Emerson technology to manage solar power facility with energy storage
• Reports: Energy Secretary Steven Chu to step down
• DOE names new head of Bonneville Power Administration
• European collaboration to prepare EU grid for electric vehicles
• Ameresco to boost energy efficiency for school district in Washington State
• FERC proposes reforms for small power generator interconnections
• Study: Co-op utilities to spend $4.1 billion on smart grid through 2017
• Siemens to build wind farm for DOE nuclear fuel facility
• Japan plans 1 GW wind farm off coast of Fukushima prefecture
• Study: U.S. will buy 1.8 million electric vehicles by 2020
• Military microgrid capacity to grow by 50 percent by 2018
• Smart grids enable quicker power restoration after disasters
• EDF EN Canada activates 300 MW of wind power in Quebec
• Duke Energy, EnerNOC, Silver Spring Networks join ADS
• Survalent commissions SCADA system for Santee Electric Cooperative
• Bob Woodward delivers keynote address at DistribuTECH 2013
• Chemical side trimming gains traction in utility market
• Hitachi, Tendril partner on smart energy applications
• TRC buys GE air emissions testing business
• Xtensible Solutions, Oracle to develop utility smart grid solution
• Minnkota chooses Aconex to support power transmission project
• MidAmerican Energy settles with Sierra Club on power plant retrofits
• Construction proceeds at China's Taishan Nuclear Power Plant
• AEP names Oliver G. Richard to board of directors
• Toronto Hydro introduces urban community energy storage project
• Despite smog, China is making progress cleaning up polluted cities
• Iberdrola Renewables completes new wind farms
• Itron, Tantalus to deploy AMI system in Guyana
• Duke Energy, Xtreme Power equip Notrees wind farm with energy storage
• Alstom to equip Dong Nai 5 hydropower project in Vietnam
• Survalent commissions SCADA for People's Electric Cooperative in Oklahoma
• Framingham, Massachusetts signs energy efficiency contract with Ameresco
• Portugal switches on 520 MW hydropower plant
• ComEd opens new training center in Rockford
• Furnas is host utility for HydroVision Brasil, DistribuTECH Brasil, POWER-GEN Brasil
• Primus Power wins Defense Department energy storage contract
• GE, Toshiba form joint venture for combined cycle projects
• Landis+Gyr chosen for India metering project
• Solar energy array built at California State Prison
• TEP customers can manage energy use, reduce bills with new pilot program
• Itron, ClipperCreek deliver electric vehicle charging stations to TVA
• Constellation builds solar energy system for Portland General Electric
• Con Edison submits plans to protect customers, grid from storm damage
• PPL names U.K. energy executive to its board of directors
• Call for more dialogue to advance Africa's power infrastructure
• BP, Sempra open Flat Ridge 2 Wind Farm in Kansas
• Georgia Power seeks OK to retire coal and oil units at four plants
• EDF Renewable Energy opens 150 MW Bobcat Bluff Wind Project
• Survalent commissions SCADA system for Innisfil Hydro, Ontario
• China switches on new nuclear reactor, resumes building another
• Connecticut regulators OK grid reliability project
• Despite decline in support, South Korea expands nuclear energy capacity
• Wartsila to supply 225 MW natural gas power plant to Texas utility
• Canadian Solar project named POWERGEN International 2012 Solar Project of the Year
• LaGrange County REMC installs Sensus utility communications network
• S&C Electric Co. appoints Kyle Seymour as new president
• NextEra Energy launches energy efficiency renovation for school district
• Emera announces leadership appointments
• Recurrent Energy now operating 88 MW solar project portfolio in Sacramento County
• EDF Renewable Energy opens Shiloh IV Wind Power Project
• First Wind hopes to expand portfolio following production tax credit extension
• GE software to boost two Maine wind farms
• Willbros wins pair of transmission contracts in Texas
• Sempra energizes first phase of Arizona solar energy project
• FirstEnergy makes changes to power generation group leadership
• ThermoEnergy Corp. names DOE former as CEO
• PNM files for transmission formula rate increase
• Wisconsin Power & Light closes on purchase of Riverside Energy Center
• Antelope Valley Solar Projects will generate 579 MW for Southern California Edison
• Wartsila to supply dual-fuel power plant to Jordan
• Fiscal cliff deal extends production tax credit for wind energy
• Fiscal cliff bill extends PTC, includes other energy measures
• Duke Energy opens three new power plants for N.C. customers
• EDF Renewable Energy finances 143 MW Catalina Solar Project
• PennWell acquires power generation and transmission data business
• Comverge executive elected to board of Association for Demand Response and Smart Grid
• Quanta Services to install transmission infrastructure for SaskPower
• SDG&E will host Solar POWER-GEN
• NV Energy power plant reaches 25 years without lost-time accident
• Aclara buys cellular business to enhance power line communications technology
• Management changes announced at Southern Co.
• Washington State utilities commissioner retires
• Free press coverage for DistribuTECH exhibitors
• Alstom to supply hydropower dam in Ethiopia
• NetMotion Wireless announces utility partners at DistribuTECH
• POWERGRID International magazine names Projects of the Year at DistribuTECH 2013
• Silver Spring Networks expands partner program with 10 new partners
• Telogis fleet management system wins SAP certification
• Alcatel-Lucent to boost transmission efficiency of Luxembourg utility Creos
• New S&C solutions for smart grid introduced at DistribuTECH
• ABB, Ambient Corp. collaborate on power quality monitoring
• Calico to license Battelle demand management technologies
• Honeywell, Opower link utilities with homeowners to stabilize grid
• B&W Nuclear Energy president retires
• Silver Spring Networks introduces smart grid solutions at DTECH
• Ontario invites industry to help build $1.95 billion in smart grid infrastructure
• Con Edison, Viridity Energy pair on demand response technology
• Opower brings customer energy management app to smart phones
• Itron smart meters to use Qualcomm chipsets
• Brett Carter named chief distribution officer for Duke Energy
• Landis+Gyr releases Gridstream-enabled GridSense monitors
• Indianapolis Power & Light to use Landis+Gyr smart grid network
• Aclara develops utility smart phone app for Apple, Android
• Siemens, Proximetry partner on smart grid communications
• ViaSat demonstrates critical infrastructure protection at DistribuTECH
• Xtreme Power completes four new energy storage projects
• Elster Solutions introduces new AMI optimization system
• IUS Technologies tests distribution automation technology in AEP service territory
• Hawaiian Electric Co. chooses FreeWave wireless data solutions
• OSIsoft, Schneider Electric to deliver real-time energy management solutions
• Quebec government approves EDF wind energy project
• Juhl Wind to install wind energy facility for Ohio Honda plant
• Electric Light & Power names Southern Company Utility of the Year
• LiveData, InStep Software partner on smart grid management solutions
• National Grid smart grid pilot to use EcoFactor home energy management
• Sensus presents AMI, demand response, utility automation applications at DTECH
• DVI voltage optimization solution demonstrates new features at DTECH
• Mitsubishi plans solar energy projects in Fukushima, Japan
• Energy app certified through Smart Grid Privacy Program
• Energate partners with Sensus for smart grid interoperability
• The smart grid consumer is ready for engagement
• Ameren Illinois selects Landis+Gyr for advanced metering project
• U.S. Army renewable energy initiative advances
• Trilliant launches SecureMesh WAN to boost utility reliability
• Babcock & Wilcox Co. names chief administrative officer
• Space-Time Insight releases latest version of situational intelligence product suite
• NIPSCO selects Itron automated metering solutions to improve efficiency
• Accenture providing Hydro One Networks with asset management solution
• Atlantic Wind & Solar to build 58 MW of solar energy projects for Ecuador's CONELEC
• U.K. smart grid company, Smarter Grid Solutions, to open New York office
• Silver Spring Networks unveils UtilityIQ Demand Optimizer at DistribuTECH
• At DTECH, TOA Technologies showcases field service optimization for utilities
• Alliant Energy selects Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing to unify CIS
• W2 Energy appoints new chief financial officer
• Subnet, McAfee join to secure substation integration and automation systems
• Tampa Electric Co., Trilliant join on smart grid communications project
• Alstom Grid, Capgemini ally on smart grid, launch cloud-based DMS
• Ontario, Canada pulls out of coal-fired power generation
• National Grid assembles smart grid pilot team
• SDG&E customers can connect home area network devices with smart meters
• India's prime minister unveils electric vehicle plan
• New payment scam targets Southern California Edison customers
• Duke Energy, partners to build renewable energy fueled microgrid in Argentina villages
• How far should utilities go for disaster preparedness?
• Nevada co-op joins California grid
• Run-of-river hydropower project gets approval in British Columbia
• Trina Solar to develop 50 MW solar energy project in China
• Austin Energy, Ameresco to upgrade energy efficiency at cooling plant
• Canadian Solar, Algonquin Power join on 10 MW Ontario solar power project
• Duke Energy completes Los Vientos wind power projects in Texas
• Iberdrola decides not to sell Scottish power unit
• Efacec ACS to deliver outage management system to city of Griffin, Georgia
• Alstom to equip eleven gas turbines in Libya
• Altairnano to supply energy storage system for grid stability project in Hawaii
• PGE, BPA look to alter transmission project
• Solar power net metering can benefit California grid, ratepayers
• Droughts threaten Brazil's hydroelectricity supply
• AMSC D-VAR to enhance grid reliability in China
• AECOM joint venture wins substation contract
• ICF International wins energy efficiency contract in Oregon
• Silver Spring Networks, OG&E partner on demand response
• Bridge Energy Group to integrate National Grid smart grid system
• Echelon, ELO deploy 3,400 smart meters in Brazil smart grid project
• National Grid smart grid pilot to use Itron/Cisco communication network
• EPA names PG&E Energy Star Partner of the Year
• Wind power builder changes name to Juhl Energy
• Indiana Michigan Power to conduct aerial transmission inspections
• Alstom to service Petrobras power generation equipment in Brazil
• New nuclear reactors in Pakistan fitted with containment domes
• DOE launches new clean energy manufacturing initiative
• Scotland approves 100 MW offshore wind energy test bed
• NYISO names Daniel C. Hill to board of directors
• Wind farm opposed by Donald Trump gets go-ahead in Scotland
• San Onofre Nuclear outage destabilizing energy prices in California
• Oglethorpe Power Corp. elects chairmen of board
• SPX Corp. to service combined cycle power plant in Israel
• Energy efficient homes make for less risky mortgages
• Silicon Valley Power uses AMI communication network to provide free public Wi-Fi
• Atlantic Power Corp. appoints executive vice president, chief operating officer
• Silver Spring Networks picked by SP PowerAssets for AMI
• ABB wins PV SCADA solution project in Arizona
• ComEd switches on smart substation in Chicago
• Ohio Edison to spend $275 million to boost transmission system reliability
• Duke-American Transmission Co. hosts open houses for Zephyr Transmission Project
• GE prototype wind turbine operational at European test site
• Lone Star Transmission energizes 330 miles of new Texas transmission lines
• Plant worker killed in accident at Arkansas Nuclear One
• First Solar buys 150 MW Solar Gen 2 photovoltaic project in California
• Ontario First Nations sign on for 100 MW wind farm development
• Appalachian Power files rate requests with Virginia regulators
• Study: Half of building owners use smart building technologies
• ComEd files updated electricity supply charges
• Gov. Cuomo's NY-Sun Competitive Solar Program completes first phase
• EPA finalizes updates to Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
• DOE offers unused Recovery Act funds as tax credits for clean energy
• Honeywell cleans irradiated water at Fukushima nuclear power plant
• NuHub to compete for DOE small modular nuclear reactor funding
• Lake Country Power selects Milsoft GIS
• Arizona Public Service to use BPL Global transformer monitoring system
• Siemens receives 270 MW wind power order in Canada
• Cape Wind completes financing for offshore wind project
• Sempra dedicates 92 MW Copper Mountain solar project
• House Agriculture Committee approves Public Power Risk Management Act
• White Rose selected for carbon capture and storage funding
• Wind power generates 10 percent of power in 9 U.S. states
• Small, rat-like animal causes power outage at four Fukushima spent fuel pools
• Alstom licenses supercritical coal boiler technology to India power plant builders
• U.S. to support Colombia smart grid development
• Small wind power installations to double by 2018
• California grid to support 33 percent renewable energy by 2020
• PG&E named top utility for smart grid
• ISO board approves energy imbalance market negotiations with PacifiCorp
• ZBB Energy, Itron site Southern California photovoltaic energy storage project
• Globeleq building natural gas-fired plant in Cote d'Ivoire
• Apple data center running entirely on renewable energy
• Merced Irrigation District moves closer to joining California ISO grid
• Duke Energy unveils new logo
• Southwest Power Pool approves Kansas transmission line
• Vladimir Putin wants to tie Russian energy bills to power grid performance
• NYISO approves electricity reliability plan
• United Nations building darkens for Earth Hour
• Toronto Hydro reports 7 percent drop in electricity demand during Earth Hour
• Silver Spring Networks extends smart infrastructure platform
• National Grid U.S. names new chief operating officer
• Senate committee approves Obama's nominee for Secretary of the Interior
• AEP picks Alstom for nuclear plant steam turbine retrofit in Michigan
• American Public Power Association president, CEO retires
• JCP&L joins N.J. preparedness network to boost power outage response
• U.S.-Asia Pacific renewable energy partnership meets
• First concrete placed at Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant expansion
• Abengoa, Brightsource partner to build solar power towers
• Obama visits Argonne National Laboratory, talks energy policy
• U.S. energy infrastructure grade rises — to D+
• Office Depot wins climate leadership award from EPA
• Entergy Corp. makes statement on Palisades Nuclear Power Plant
• Southern Co. head: Good energy policy critical to economic recovery
• TVA picks preferred route for transmission line
• SCE submits operational assessment requested by NRC
• Half of homeowners have taken steps to increase energy efficiency
• Solar America begins its second solar power project in Mexico
• South American energy companies to explore interconnection
• Utility groups defend municipal bonds
• GE, Energate pair on residential demand response, home energy management
• PSE&G files rates electric grid improvements
• Electrical relay device to blame for Super Bowl outage
• FirstEnergy warns customers about debit card payment scam
• Siemens supplies 80 wind turbines, wind power service in North Sea
• California ISO app provides updates on state of power grid
• Mississippi Power retires coal-fired power plant
• JCP&L deploys 2,400 workers to respond to nor'easter snowstorm
• Hammond Power Solutions to buy Italian transformer maker
• Thousands of power outages continue following New England blizzard
• Wind power sector installs 5,300 MW in U.S. in December
• Hitachi Power Systems wins contract with Xcel Energy for SCR systems
• About 130,000 without power after nor'easter blizzard
• REA Energy Cooperative selects Milsoft outage management
• Alstom to supply wind turbines for Kawazu wind farm in Japan
• U.S. in-river hydropower potential is 3 percent of yearly energy demand
• FairPoint Energy buys PNE Energy Supply
• Google, GE pair on geospatial tools for utilities
• Power restored to more than 625,000 customers hit by blizzard
• Calpine names vice president, chief risk officer
• GE to auction transmission capacity from transformer smart grid project
• NIST to develop new cybersecurity framework
• Electric vehicles boost market for Li-ion batteries
• Secretary of Interior makes appointments to National Geospatial Advisory Committee
• MISO approves four new transmission-owning members
• Reports: Gina McCarthy to head EPA
• DOE announces $20 million to strengthen cybersecurity
• Hudson Transmission Partners to auction 66 MW of transmission capacity between PJM, NYISO
• Southern Co. announces management changes
• NEMA applauds transmission siting reform
• U.S. electric utilities investing heavily in wind energy
• JCP&L files rate request for Hurricane Sandy restoration
• Canadian Solar, Strata Solar partner on utility scale solar energy projects
• MIT honors ABB, GE, Semprius, others for technology contributions to utilities
• Hawaii switches on 21 MW wind power project that uses energy storage
• Survalent commissions SCADA system for Evonik Degussa Corp., Alabama
• Alstom to connect offshore wind farms in North Sea
• MCE chooses PlanetEcosystems to upgrade energy efficiency programs
• Nestle installs wind turbines at bottled water plant
• 3-GIS offers utility incident management tool
• Duke Energy board elects utility industry expert as new member
• Utility smart grid spending nearly doubled in 2012
• Transmission line will connect substation serving 200 MW solar project in California
• KCP&L plans 345-kV transmission line from Missouri to Nebraska
• Indonesia's Bantam Island gets GE natural gas-fired power plant
• Poll: Utilities say weak prices, regulatory risk are biggest challenges
• EPRI tests 'drones' to help utilities restore power, shorten outages
• Distributed generation microgrid market to reach $13 billion by 2018
• ISO New England names new vice chair of board of directors
• MEMC appoints president of SunEdison Advanced Solutions
• San Diego's South Bay Power Plant imploded at Chula Vista
• Entergy New Orleans says Super Bowl outage not their fault
• Milsoft provides GIS, outage management to utilities
• Reports: DOE hit with 'major' cyber attack
• Alstom to deliver 850 MW gas-fired power plant in Bangkok, Thailand
• EIA's new interactive electricity data browser provides easy access to power data
• SCADA devices to surpass $1.5 billion in annual market value by 2020
• EnerNOC signs demand response contract expansion in California
• FutureGen 2.0 carbon capture project moves forward
• On-Ramp Wireless launches AMI solution
• Duke Energy to retire Crystal River Nuclear Plant
• Alstom upgrades onshore wind turbine to boost wind energy yield
• ABB's Roger Hedding will chair of IEEE Power Systems Relay Committee
• POWER Engineers to design 220-mile transmission line in Nebraska
• Doosan selects Intergraph SmartPlant solution
• Consumers Energy inks $19 million contract to clean up coal-fired power plants
• EPA: Power plants still top source of greenhouse gases
• Siemens plans wind power service training center in U.S.
• Obama to nominate Sally Jewell to lead Department of Interior
• Alstom to supply wind turbines to Brazil's Renova Energia
• National Grid picks CEIVA Energy for Worcester smart grid pilot
• Toshiba buys Consert, will integrate company into Landis+Gyr
• TransCanada, Wood Group to build natural gas turbine test facility
• Echelon selected for Smart Grid Gotland project
• Summit Power, Linde to develop projects deploying carbon capture
• Commission unveils plan to double U.S. energy productivity
• IESO selects IBM to operate Ontario's meter data management system
• DOE, Treasury announce $150 million funding availability for clean energy projects
• Sempra sells 625 MW block of Arizona power plant
• PowerSecure buys Lime Energy's energy services arm
• FPL reports best-ever reliability in 2012
• Court rules in favor of Pattern Energy wind energy project
• Dominion to build solar power project in Georgia
• NextEra Energy sells hydropower assets to Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners
• Minnesota Power energy resource plan will cut coal, increase renewables
• Progress Energy Carolinas reaches agreement with N.C. Public Staff in rate case
• CPS Energy, Silver Spring Networks to deploy smart grid in San Antonio
• EEI: Transmission investment strong, growing
• Alstom producing power from tidal energy turbine
• Walmart to install solar panels in Ohio
• Natchez Trace Electric Power Association chooses Milsoft GIS
• Obama names heads for EPA, DOE
• MEMC names Randy H. Zwirn to board of directors
• Susan Wang named chairwoman of Suntech board of directors
• U.K. marine energy proving grounds to collaborate on wave and tidal energy
• GE to maintain natural gas-fired power plant in Russia
• Azima DLI to maintain Ivanpah solar energy project
• N.Y. Gov. Cuomo offers farmers funding to increase energy efficiency
• ComEd prepares for incoming winter storm
• PECO wins EPA Energy Star award
• NRG starts operations at 26 MW Borrego solar photovoltaic facility
• Smart grid tech market to total $494 billion in revenue from 2012 to 2020
• U.S. Geothermal completes San Emidio geothermal power plant
• Dominion restoring electric service to customers affected by winter storm outages
• China: Getting serious about cutting emissions?
• JCP&L deploys crews to respond to winter storm-related power outages
• More than 20 million smart meters shipped in last quarter of 2012
• B&W to begin second phase of FutureGen 2.0 carbon capture project
• Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act passes U.S. House
• Illinois Senate committee passes smart grid bill
• Indiana Michigan Power to increase rates by $85 million per year
• CB&I buys power plant builder The Shaw Group
• Fluor to start construction of Centinela solar power project
• California PUC approves addition of up to 1,800 MW of energy capacity
• Bryan Texas Utilities selects Milsoft outage management
• Mayor Bloomberg wants NYC to be more electric vehicle friendly
• Quantum cryptography applied to boost cybersecurity, enhance electric grid
• Minnesota Valley Electric Cooperative, MyEnergy to gamify demand response
• JCP&L's 2013 vegetation management work begins
• DVI wins patent for conservation voltage reduction using AMI
• USDA funding to improve rural electric service in 12 states
• EPA wants communities to apply for smart growth assistance
• PNM, New Mexico, EPA address emissions from San Juan Generating Station
• Lower Yellowstone REA picks Landis+Gyr for advanced metering deployment
• Portland General Electric asks Oregon PUC to review customer prices
• Syrian rebels take control of capital's power supply, seize 824 MW hydro dam
• Smart grid market contains 400 companies, $66 billion in potential business
• Reports: China considering imposing carbon tax
• San Diego picks Itron for citywide AMI project
• Samsung, Xtreme Power to develop energy storage solutions
• Minnesota utility selects ViryaNet mobile workforce management
• Alstom, NaturEner to install 414 MW of wind energy in Alberta, Canada
• Dominion to restore more than 95 percent of power outages from winter storm
• Could wind power be a hedge against natural gas price spikes?
• PJM plans transmission improvements to meet power generation fuel shift
• Improved feeders had 39 percent fewer outages and 42 percent shorter outages
• Solar energy project generating 5 MW on Hawaii's island of Oahu
• Smart grid power line communications market to surpass $418 million by 2020
• Siemens technology to improve power supply in Iraq
• Dominion selling three Massachusetts power plants
• Rolls-Royce wins power generation contract in Mexico
• TVA partners with Energy Automation Systems
• Transformer maker Pioneer buys switchgear provider Power Systems Solutions
• Virtual power plant capacity to multiply nearly five-fold by 2020
• Concrete slab poured at V.C. Summer nuclear power plant
• Duke-American Transmission to invest in California's Path 15 transmission line
• Nexant's Terry Fry named to Commerce committee on renewables, energy efficiency
• ATCO Electric picks Quanta Services for Eastern Alberta Transmission Line
• EnerNOC signs utility contract for energy efficiency in California
• DTE Energy announces tree trimming schedule
• Samsung, Pattern to build 270 MW South Kent Wind Project
• PECO investing $650,000 in underground cable improvements
• PGE to negotiate for additional renewable energy
• NRC denies Calvert Cliffs 3 nuclear plant license
• Illinois House Public Utilities Committee passes smart grid bill
• NuScale Power competing for DOE small modular reactor funding
• Georgia Power hires 3M to upgrade transmission lines
• TransAlta wind farm powers Quebec homes with renewable energy
• Echelon announces European grid modernization projects in Austria, Switzerland
• Grid-tied energy storage installations to increase to 56 MW in next decade
• DOI approves 1,100 MW in new renewable energy projects on public lands
• Ameren to divest merchant power generation business
• B&W to clean up 270 MW Iowa coal-fired power plant
• Midwest ISO: Closing Kewaunee nuclear power plant will not affect electric reliability
• Bob Perciasepe named interim head of EPA
• U.K. offering subsidies for new nuclear power plants
• Geothermal capacity increased 5 percent in 2012
• Schneider Electric expands into Sweden with Vattenfall smart grid contract
• In Arizona, Solon switches on 5 MW Prairie Fire Solar Plant
• Poll: Americans support nuclear energy, building new nuclear plants
• Smart Grid Interoperability Panel names former U.N. advisor as executive director
• Entergy Texas files to spin off transmission business, combine with ITC
• PSE&G to invest $3.9 billion on strengthening grid, speed outage restoration
• PlanetEcosystems upgrades consumer engagement platform
• E.ON dedicates 100 MW Texas Wind Farm
• ComEd replaces 2,700 distribution poles as part of grid modernization
• B&W, TVA contract for small modular nuclear reactor permit
• Montana-Dakota Utilities to install GE gas turbine to generate peak power
• Nine Mile Point, FitzPatrick nuclear power plants to get more NRC scrutiny
• PPL Electric Utilities to invest nearly $1 billion in electric reliability
• FirstEnergy names new vice president, chief accounting officer
• First Solar's Antelope Valley Solar Power project reaches 100 MW
• Southern Co. names Kim Greene president, CEO of Southern Co. Services
• Worldwide, 454 geothermal power projects now developing
• FERC: All new power generation that came online in January was renewable
• JCP&L to invest $200 million in 2013 to enhance customer service reliability
• Johnson Controls, Macy's, Sprint join DOE Better Buildings Challenge
• Merced Irrigation District considers joining California ISO
• Itron appoints Lynda Ziegler to board of directors
• Geothermal industry ends 2012 on high note
• ADT, Southern California Edison deliver energy management to customers
• SolarReserve 150 MW Arizona solar energy project gets county approval
• BrightSource, Alstom to build 121 MW concentrated solar plant in Israel
• Georgia PSC approves Georgia Power solar energy initiative
• DOE to support B&W development of small modular reactors
• Entergy Nuclear announces leadership changes
• Sen. Inhofe, Heartland Institute to present petitions demanding Congress rein in EPA
• Hydro Ottawa buys Chaudiere Falls hydro project
• Dong Energy installs smart grid at Faroe Islands
• Utility infrastructure investments to power Brazil transformer market
• FENOC names new president, chief nuclear officer
• Princeton Power Systems develops 2 MW inverter for DOE
• DNV KEMA expands grid laboratory
• FirstEnergy to build $45 million transmission control center in Ohio
• AEP makes leadership changes during company repositioning
• Yingli Green Energy strikes 200 MW solar photovoltaic contract
• We Energies wins grid reliability award
• Chicago factory to produce electric vehicles
• Australia sees early season heat wave
• NorthWestern Energy, Compass Wind close on Spion Kop Wind Project
• Itron, Panasonic to deliver smart meters to Japan
• Constellation to provide electricity to Texas Public Power Pool
• Philip Mezey named president, CEO of Itron
• FERC approval to help Ameren Transmission Co. boost infrastructure
• Duke Energy launches home energy reports for Carolinas customers
• Energate launches smart grid project with Ontario smart grid fund
• Lime Energy wins energy efficiency contract with AEP Ohio
• Saft wins electric vehicle battery contract with U.S. Army
• U.S. Geothermal project now generating 18 MW
• Chilean 104 MW solar power plant moves forward
• SolFocus restructures, hoping to sell
• ERCOT sets wind power record
• EPA updates emission standards for new coal, oil power plants
• Unit 2 at Susquehanna nuclear plant returns to service, shuts down again
• Electric vehicle sales in China to fall short of government targets
• Solventus Chile to spend $5.6 million on transmission line
• Europe's power grid hit with denial-of-service cyber attack
• DOE makes new solar energy grid investments
• Cyber security for smart grid control systems will pass $600 million by 2020
• Hanwha SolarOne signs 155 MW South Africa solar module supply deal
• EDF Renewable Services signs O&M agreement with PacifiCorp
• Johnson Controls withdraws from A123 Systems bankruptcy auction
• Suntech, Siemens collaborate on 100 MW of solar projects in South Africa
• DOE cancels remaining portion of A123 Systems grant
• PNM settles FERC generation rate case
• Yingli Green Energy supplies 25 MW of solar modules to Arizona solar farm
• Orlando Utilities Commission taps Elster to complete AMI
• Survalent commissions new SCADA system for Ohio cooperative
• PNM to purchase Delta-Person Generating Station
• Sempra completes first phase of Nevada solar energy project
• GE power generation contracts announced at POWER-GEN International
• WIRES names new leaders
• IEC 61850 adoption slow in North American distribution automation market
• Entergy appoints Jeff Forbes chief nuclear officer
• Myanmar power project to use GE gas turbines
• Congress passes bill to create water heater energy efficiency ratings
• Telvent completes merger with Schneider Electric
• DistribuTECH Africa invites speakers for 2013 conference
• GE, investors put $247 million into wind farm powered by GE turbines
• Renova Energia, GE sign $394 million contract for 230 wind turbines
• Canada hydropower project gets federal loan guarantee
• EIA: Coal production to remain level in 2013
• NextEra Energy Resources completes purchase of Kansas wind farm
• NextEra Energy Resources completes purchase of Kansas wind farm
• PSEG estimates damage from Superstorm Sandy
• $120 million DOE grant boosts California energy storage accelerator
• Renewable energy was nearly half of new U.S. generation in 2012
• Southern Power starts operations at 720 MW natural gas power plant
• Public power utilities concerned about ratepayers
• Federal Reserve to tackle fiscal cliff's effects on electric utilities
• Pacific Hydro gets permit to build wind farm in Chile
• Benton County Electric System selects Elster smart grid solution
• Ambient Devices joins ZigBee Alliance
• Survey: Americans feel helpless about rising utility bills
• Alstom to provide generators for combined cycle power plant
• In Chile, mining boom expands electricity market
• NV Energy deploys home energy management service
• DOE supercomputer named fastest in world
• Hess, investors to develop gas fired Newark Energy Center
• El Paso Electric buys 50 MW of solar energy from new power plant
• LIPA COO resigns after Sandy outage response criticized
• EDF unit signs O&M agreement for 222 MW with Detroit Edison
• SDG&E launches updated outage management system
• First Wind completes 34 MW Bull Hill wind project in Maine
• Array Technologies to supply 268 MW for solar photovoltaic project
• 'Red states' get their own renewable energy lobbyists
• Entergy gets final OKs in move to MISO
• Puget Sound Energy buys gas-fired power plant
• Power outages from Sandy persist in N.J., N.Y.
• Consumers Energy launches online outage map
• Damage found at South Korean nuclear power plant
• NRG Energy, GenOn Energy stockholders OK merger
• Service restored to most JCP&L customers
• Nearly 500,000 still without power along East Coast
• State Grid Corp. of China looks to expand beyond China
• juwi Wind secures financing for 30 MW Minnesota wind farm
• Utilities work toward complete storm restoration
• Ormat to develop geothermal project in Honduras
• Germany, Norway to share renewable energy across subsea cable
• St. Charles, Illinois, Verde Energy partner on energy storage
• What are the fastest-growing smart grid sectors in Europe?
• Iberdrola to study smart grid feasibility in Qatar
• The Wind Coalition names new board members
• PJM approves nearly $1 billion in electric transmission upgrades
• Alstom wins Frost & Sullivan technology award
• NRG cancels plans for 800 MW coal power plant
• ABB launches Clean Air Initiative to help clients prepare for low-carbon future
• Alcatel-Lucent introduces smart grid technology for power distribution
• NRDC unveils plan to reduce pollution from U.S. power plants
• California Center for Sustainable Energy appoints executive director
• Illinois Commerce Commission approves Ameren Illinois AMI plan
• Austin Energy, ecobee launch smart thermostat program pilot
• Cheap natural gas changes generation dispatch in Southeast
• China OKs $1.8 billion in T&D projects
• ABB wins contract for high voltage subsea transmission cable
• Emerson controls to manage power output from two California wind farms
• MidAmerican Wind completes 81 MW Bishop Hill II Wind Project
• ComEd urges customers to be aware of utility scams
• Sub-Saharan Africa could harness cogeneration
• Progress Energy Carolinas electric rates to fall in North Carolina
• ARPA-E awards $130 million for 66 energy technology projects
• SunEdison signs solar purchase agreement with Riverside, California
• By 2020, Europe will deploy 4 million EV charging stations
• NEC explores buying A123 Systems
• Jim Rogers to retire from Duke Energy by end of 2013
• Power Grid of India wants every substation automated by 2013
• Crompton Greaves to make transformers in India
• DOE, partners to build energy storage research hub at Argonne lab
• Entergy buys power plants for Arkansas, Mississippi units
• Yingli Green Energy sends 24 MW of solar modules to Puerto Rican solar project
• JCP&L files for new distribution base rates
• AES selects Mitsubishi, GS Yuasa to supply battery energy storage system
• Intergraph, Sisgraph power CPFL Energia
• NEMA urges Congress states to rebuild smart after Hurricane Sandy
• NRG, GenOn complete merger
• Southern Co. named top utility in North America
• Siemens to supply gas turbines to Florida power plant
• Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems to DOE SunShot Project
• Itron wins smart meter contract in Johannesburg
• Hudson Energy enters Ohio electricity market
• ZBB Energy ships energy storage system to U.S. Navy microgrid project
• GE, Taiwan Power sign wind turbine service agreement
• Competitive electricity advances across North America
• SDG&E inks renewable power purchase agreements
• ABB to boost power exchange from Mexico to Texas with HVDC converter station
• Duke Energy approves more executive changes
• Survalent commissions SCADA system Greenville Utilities Commission
• POWER-GEN International counts record attendance in 2012
• Minnesota Power adds 210 MW wind power generation
• Commerce Department rules China, Vietnam dumped wind towers on U.S. market
• Pepco Holding's Joseph M. Rigby named CEO of the Year
• Duke Energy Indiana President responds to IURC settlement decision
• Duke Energy International to acquire Chilean assets
• Canadian Solar buys two solar energy projects from SunEdison
• Operators restart unit 2 at PPL Susquehanna nuclear power plant
• MidAmerican Wind builds 300 MW Pinyon Pines wind power projects
• PPL Electric Utilities submits reliability project to Pennsylvania PUC
• TransAlta says carbon capture technology is not yet where it should be
• 1,200 kV power substation built in India
• As Kyoto deadline nears, developed countries likely to meet greenhouse gas goals
• Joint venture formed to boost India's power transmission system
• EIA: Energy related carbon dioxide emissions lowest since 1994
• Association for Demand Response and Smart Grid names new board members
• Elster to roll out AMI systems in Northern California
• DNV, GL to merge
• Alstom offshore wind turbines chosen for DOE wind power project
• AE-AMD, Tenesol, SunPower start work on South Africa solar projects
• ComEd prepares for severe winter storm
• Premier Alliance partners with AutoGrid, Berkeley lab for DOE project
• El Paso Electric elects new board members
• NADB, Duke Energy close $220 million in funding for Texas wind projects
• Siemens to supply Vancouver wind project
• DTE Energy opens Thumb Wind Park
• Founding father of energy efficient buildings to receive National Medal of Technology
• SRP to buy natural gas power plant in Arizona
• New study analyzes and forecasts emerging countries' power markets
• EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Resigns
• First Wind community outreach program helps teachers
• Areva partners on new nuclear with U.K. companies
• Smart meter growth to double by 2013
• DOE announces investments in offshore wind energy projects
• Survalent commissions SCADA system for Trinity Valley Electric Cooperative
• Day & Zimmermann earns Certificates of Merit from NMAPC
• Lake Erie wind project wins 5 million in funding
• Emerging countries set for renewable energy boom by 2020
• ITC Great Plains energizes Phase II of KETA Transmission Line
• HexaTech wins ARPA E to develop semiconductor technology
• Alstom to build, service gas-fired combined heat and power plants in Germany
• MISO re-elects two board members
• Naperville, Illinois, Verde Energy launch energy storage partnership
• Romanian wind project now in service with GE 2.5 MW wind turbines
• NRG completes 25 MW Avra Valley Solar Photovoltaic Facility
• Microgrids to reach $3.3 billion in market value by 2018
• Elster expands AMI solutions with point to point cellular capabilities
• Dominion to develop fuel cell power project
• MISO board approves new transmission owning members
• EPA finishes new clean air standards for soot pollution
• Renewable distributed generation to reach $86 billion in value by 2017
• eStorage consortium wins grant for wind energy grid integration, energy storage
• Peace River Electric Cooperative deploys Sensus network, iCon meters
• Echelon, Kapsch partner on smart meter deployment in Austria
• Alliant Energy switches on 100 MW wind farm in Iowa
• Sempra gets OK for power purchase agreements with Burbank, Los Angeles
• Alstom delivers market management software for PJM Interconnection
• Pattern Energy wind project wins POWER-GEN Project of the Year Award
• Duke-American Transmission buys piece of California transmission line
• InStep Software to provide radiological monitoring for Illinois nuclear power plants
• Colorado House approves renewable energy expansion
• Survalent Technology commissions SCADA system for Texas cooperative
• Samsung, Pattern break ground on wind power project in Ontario
• SAIC improves energy efficiency for GM
• Cooper Power Systems substation gateway IEC certified for smart grid monitoring
• Dayton Power & Light puts 'bounty' on Ohio's oldest refrigerator
• PPL Montana rehabs Montana hydroelectric plant
• Electricite de France to deploy Ventyx asset management solution
• LightRiver teams with ABB Tropos wireless communication systems
• Green Mountain Power to use Oracle customer service application
• Winfield Municipal Electric Utility selects Milsoft engineering analysis, GIS
• Manitoba Hydro plans new hydroelectric development
• Fluor to continue nuclear energy work for PG&E
• SAP mobile app keeps utilities in touch with customers
• ComEd distribution automation reduces power outages
• EIA: Carbon emissions fell in 32 states, rose in 18
• FERC: Majority of new generation in 2013 is renewable energy
• Siemens dedicates tidal power assembly plant in U.K.
• Nass & Wind, DCNS to install prototype floating wind energy turbine in France
• FPL makes artificial 'kestrel boxes' for threatened birds
• FirstEnergy makes leadership changes at JCP&L
• Duke Energy dedicates natural gas facility
• German cogeneration power plant to use GE gas turbine
• First Solar buys 60 MW solar energy project from NorthLight Power
• PennWell Corp. opens Brazil office
• Ormat boosts performance of geothermal energy project
• Constellation to provide energy management for Sodexo
• Duke Energy Renewables buys California solar energy project from SolarWorld
• Trilliant, British Gas extend smart meter partnership
• Xcel Energy gives legal warning to city of Boulder, Colorado
• NRC to discuss Plant Vogtle nuclear plant performance, construction
• SCE submits license amendment in support of San Onofre nuclear plant restart
• Broadwind sells wind tower plant
• ABB to buy solar inverters producer
• U.S. Geothermal CEO steps down, successor named
• CEO Ralph Izzo: PSE&G will invest billions in energy infrastructure
• Clean energy investment dropped as capacity grew in 2012
• 220 GW of new distributed solar power to be added by 2018
• U.S. homes adopting more energy efficient LEDs, CFLs
• JCP&L continues vegetation management work
• Elster selected for multi-utility metering project in Texas
• Biomass energy facility to make power from Scotch whisky byproducts
• Idaho Power requests $140 million rate increase
• SDG&E signs five renewable power purchase agreements
• U.S., China discuss peaceful uses of nuclear energy
• NuScale working on new cooldown methods for nuclear reactors
• Alstom to supply 220 MW hydropower plant in Brazil
• Elster launches energy management software platform
• Utility CEOs: New standards, level playing field would benefit energy sector
• Mining company to finance hydroelectric facility rehab in Congo
• Units remain offline at LaSalle nuclear power plant
• Second 10 MW solar farm approved at Indianapolis International Airport
• FERC considers new cybersecurity standards
• About 22 million electric vehicles to be sold from 2012 to 2020
• Horizon Utilities Corp. picks Intergraph GIS, distribution management
• AES board of directors welcomes former head of World Bank
• DOE-backed, enhanced geothermal energy project connected to grid
• Coal will remain part of U.S. generation mix in McCarthy's EPA, nominee says
• NREL names new leaders for bioenergy, energy systems integration research centers
• PG&E to give customers more renewable energy options
• Chilean firm seeks permit for 220 kV transmission line
• Smart gas meter revenue to exceed $1.5 billion by 2020
• Report names Xcel Energy top utility for wind energy
• Texas power company Energy Future looks to restructure debt
• Penelec to spend $105 million on electric system reliability
• Mitsubishi Electric opens transformer factory in Memphis
• MGE seeks electric rate freeze
• Siemens, Teradata partner for big data in the utility sector
• Industrial energy management systems market to expand to $22.5 billion
• FirstEnergy online tool lets customers fix electricity prices
• Power Engineering's 2013 Projects of the Year nominations are now open
• ReneSola providing photovoltaic modules for 1.8 MW New Mexico solar project
• Japan's greenhouse gas emissions rising
• Bruce Power Unit 4 returns to service
• E.On adopts Ventyx smart grid for control center in Sweden
• B&W, DOE reach deal on small modular reactor funding
• ITC shareholders approve merger of Entergy's transmission business
• DOE publishes energy efficiency measurement methods
• Walmart makes new moves toward more energy efficiency, using renewable energy
• SunPower builds pair of solar energy arrays in Yolo County, California
• EDF Renewable Energy buys piece of Texas wind farm
• Xcel Energy plans to add up to three natural gas-fired units to fleet
• Westar Energy seeking $31.7 million rate increase to recoup environmental costs
• With exception of LIPA, customers highly satisfied with utilities
• EPA: Greenhouse gases down in 2011
• Lockheed Martin to develop ocean thermal energy power plant
• California ISO calls for power conservation in Northern California following substation damage
• DOE, EPRI to research dry storage cask technology for spent nuclear fuels
• PSE&G alerts customers to bill payment scam targeting small businesses
• NRC finds no threat in restarting San Onofre nuclear
• DOE: President's budget invests in clean energy, energy security
• AES energy storage system performs 400,000 MWh of service for PJM Interconnection
• Envision Solar installs solar array for NREL
• EPRI names new members to board of directors
• D.C.'s Union Station now powered with wind energy
• Met-Ed to spend $116 million in 2013 to enhance electric system reliability
• GAO wants NRC to look at nuclear power plant evacuation plans
• Obama's energy secretary nominee, Ernest Moniz, completes Senate hearing
• Alstom and Renova Energia sign a contract worth $590 million in Brazil to equip wind project
• President's budget proposal could privatize TVA
• EDF Renewable Services wins maintenance contract for Edom Hills Wind Farm
• Is Ontario's Green Energy Act leading to rising energy costs?
• Wind energy sector grows by 28 percent in one year
• ACEEE honors BPA energy efficiency program
• Doors open at new DOE energy research facility
• Germany's renewables sector sluggish in 2012
• European Commission clears way for GE purchase of Iberdrola Renovables France
• E.On partners with Ericsson on big data metering
• ABB partners with Distributed Sun on microgrids
• FPL completes upgrade of nuclear power plants
• West Penn Power to spend $110 million enhancing power grid
• SunEdison, Petrobras to build solar photovoltaic project in Brazil
• RES Americas building 250 MW Buffalo Dunes Wind Project
• Customers sought for transmission project between New York, Vermont
• Masdar launches solar photovoltaic plant in Mauritania
• MIT, NSTAR announce winner of Clean Energy Prize
• Ontario plans public engagement to foster regional energy plans
• ISO New England: Region should have enough electricity for summer
• Asplundh, PECO team up for Arbor Day service project
• AEP: Beware of scam involving fake bill collectors
• Power plant to swap coal boilers for natural gas-fired ones
• Fukushima's rat problem continues
• EPA honors AEP Ohio as Energy Star partner of the year
• EDF Renewable Energy dedicates Spinning Spur Wind Project
• NREL calculates value of grid-tied concentrating solar power
• California school district to use solar power
• GDF SUEZ Energy Resources moves into Ohio retail electricity market
• V.C. Summer nuclear plant expansion cited by NRC for violation
• Conergy builds 4.5 MW solar power plant for Lightsource Renewable Energy
• Venture capital funding in smart grid sector goes flat
• Survalent Technology installs SCADA system for Kentucky cooperative
• FPL's Cape Canaveral natural gas power plant comes online
• FPL completes 4.5 million smart meter rollout
• New York State Smart Grid Consortium names executive director
• Texas General Land Office picks Acclaim Energy Advisors as demand response provider
• Europe's waste-to-energy market will see new investment
• REC powers up Thailand solar power plant
• Joint venture plans two wind power plants in Mexico
• DOE: New battery could help solar and wind power the grid
• AWEA names Tom Kiernan CEO
• Alstom to build hybrid-style wind energy tower for German company
• Puget Sound Energy hydropower project reopens after overhaul
• Utilities race to meet changing customer expectations, maintain reliability
• University partners with Israeli company to test air pollution technology
• Old Dominion Electric Cooperative seeks to build natural gas-fired facility
• Southern Co. unit buys 139 MW solar power plant
• AEP reports gains at shareholder meeting
• Potomac Edison will spend $55 million to enhance power grid reliability
• EEI says EPA's effluent guidelines put pressure on power plants
• SCE pairs with smart thermostat maker Nest to save energy
• Wisconsin Power and Light Co. settles with EPA, Sierra Club
• Pemex switches on 300 MW cogeneration power plant in Mexico
• SoCalGas, LADWP offer energy efficiency upgrades to customers
• Xcel Energy on track to surpass carbon-cutting goal by 2020
• Georgia Power to buy 250 MW of wind energy from EDP Renewables
• Google suggests renewable energy rate for utilities, companies
• EPA proposes water pollution rule for power plants
• Caterpillar partners with Altaaqa Global for on-site power generation
• Masers Energy, Silver Spring Networks team on infrastructure in Malaysia
• University of Maryland, Constellation complete 3.66 MW solar project
• DOE taps EPRI for nuclear fuel storage project
• Leviton wins funding for electric vehicle charging stations in NYC
• Gunfire at nuclear power plant garners NRC 'unusual event'
• Anderson Municipal Light and Power to use Aclara power line communications
• Appalachian Power, Wheeling Power file vegetation management plans
• Appalachian Power program locates favorable sites for data centers
• APS president, COO Don Robinson is dead at 59
• Areva delivers generators to nuclear power plant
• Arizona Public Service picks Black & Veatch to build 32 MW solar power plant
• Coosa Valley Electric Cooperative chooses Milsoft GIS
• More than 2,800 power outages reported in the U.S. in 2012
• Ukraine's president: Chernobyl disaster will cost $180 billion in 2015
• New reactor now generating nuclear power in China
• Abengoa to develop cogeneration plant in Texas
• Ormat to sell power from Nevada geothermal energy project
• Wartsila will service Mozambique power plant
• FPL tests storm readiness with virtual hurricane drill
• California Energy Commission suspends license consideration of peaking plant
• Green Mountain Power customers in Vermont can use 'cow power'
• Power-One shareholder sues ABB
• Empire District Electric Co. shareholders reject energy efficiency proposal
• Geothermal energy provides health, environmental benefits
• Electric vehicle-to-grid technology sells power to PJM power grid
• FirstEnergy wins tree care award from National Arbor Day Foundation
• Gov. Cuomo announces energy efficiency upgrades at SUNY
• MOHR to supply spent fuel pool instrumentation to nuclear power plants
• NRG Energy completes Borrego I Solar Generation Station
• Natural gas prices hit two-year high
• ConEd teams with Eos Energy for energy storage project
• LS Power now drawing electricity from Arlington Valley Solar Energy II
• FERC approves AEP's transfer of Ohio generating assets
• Invenergy buys GE wind turbine with battery energy storage
• Duke Energy touts benefits of appliance recycling
• Tidal Energy Ltd. wins $2.5 million grant to test ocean energy device
• Platte River sells natural gas-fired heat exchanger company
• USDA approves $126 million for four rural electric projects
• Areva expands center for nuclear fuel assembly equipment testing
• Dynegy sells 1,210 MW dual-fired power plant for $19.5 million
• EPA names regional administrator for Region 8 office in Denver
• Argonne Lab develops software to help plan smart grid
• Wood Group PSN appoints new CFO
• E.On Climate & Renewables makes management changes in North America
• PPL EnergyPlus offers energy options to D.C.-area business customers
• REC Solar moves into Puerto Rico with solar energy installations
• Nova Scotians to receive home energy reports
• ERCOT forecasts tight summer ahead, conservation calls likely
• Survalent deploys SCADA system for Eugene Water and Electric Board, Oregon
• EIA data recommends extending current energy policies to reduce emissions
• Electric vehicle maker Coda files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
• Study: Renewable energy cost-competitiveness will lead to strong growth
• Mobile apps to spark growth for electric vehicles
• Vogt Power to supply steam generators to TECO's Polk Power Station
• REC wins contract for multiple solar projects in Thailand totaling 72 MW
• Top solar photovoltaic makers are 70 percent of market share
• GE to supply hydroelectric pump control system in India
• April electricity demand hits low, coal catches up with gas
• FPL to strengthen Florida's electric grid in preparation for hurricanes
• GE will service pair of U.K. power plants for RWE npower
• Green building materials will reach $254 billion in market value by 2020
• SDG&E launches Green Button apps to help customers save energy
• Ameresco signs energy efficiency performance contract in Montana
• Implementation agreement with PacifiCorp submitted to FERC
• Cloverdale transmission project files request with Virginia regulators
• Law to recover new nuclear costs upheld in Florida
• WPL to install emissions controls at coal-fired power plant
• Siemens lands Swedish wind energy order
• Wartsila to supply backup generators for Finnish nuclear power plant
• Demand response market for commercial buildings will pass $712 million by 2018
• NRG Solar dedicates 66 MW Alpine Solar Generating Facility
• Connode AB, Itron to deliver smart metering communications to Vattenfall
• NRC seeks comments on proposed changes to petition-for-rulemaking process
• Abengoa sells Brazilian unit to Corning Inc.
• Dominion breaks ground on 15 MW fuel cell power project
• NRG Energy starts up 720 MW natural gas-fired Marsh Landing power plant
• Georgia coal-fired plant explosion last month caused by worker error
• IBM to streamline operations at Pakistan hydropower plant
• Outages slated for Southern California Edison T&D upgrades
• Dominion Virginia Power seeks fuel rate increase
• Opower, National Grid launch energy efficiency program in Rhode Island
• Regulators consider options for Norway, Netherlands transmission interconnection
• Tollgrade appoints Thomas J. Kolb to newly created COO position
• SCE may retire both San Onofre nuclear units
• GE contracts 1 GW of wind turbines
• Abengoa will build waste-to-energy plant in Glendale, Arizona
• Coal-fired Mohave Generating Station decommissioning nears finish
• DTE Energy announces vegetation management schedule
• Ventyx to improve access to power for 15 million in Ecuador
• Ohio Power Siting Board OKs new natural gas-fired power plant
• Navajo Nation approves lease for coal-fired Navajo Generating Station
• S&C will upgrade 585 MW wind farm in Texas
• Wind turbine maker Suzlon enters North American market
• Northern Power Systems offers wind turbines for low speed areas
• California cities seek $2.25 billion in fines from PG&E for San Bruno explosion
• Siemens extends wind energy maintenance contract with RES Americas
• Alstom 6 MW offshore wind turbine completes performance tests
• Pair of goldfish cause mystery at Ohio nuclear power plant
• GE to service about 820 wind turbines in four U.S. states
• Gamesa unveils 2.5 MW wind turbine
• Turkey chooses Mitsubishi/Areva nuclear reactor for new plant
• Deal signed to potentially sell planned natural gas-fired power plant
• Survalent installs SmartGateway system for Crow Wing Power Cooperative
• Liberty Utilities picks Schneider Electric for weather forecasting
• Olympia, Washington picks Itron AMI Solution
• Fuel Tech receives orders for emissions controls in China
• ZBB Energy ships energy storage system to Moscow engineering firm
• Smart thermostat maker Nest buys MyEnergy
• Southern California Edison expands forecasting capabilities with SAS
• Dominion retires 556 MW Kewaunee nuclear power plant
• Wind energy project in Mexico sold to Iberdrola
• Smart energy sector will transition to more diverse energy mix
• Brazilian utility picks ViryaNet for mobile workforce management
• North Energy Central to install 400 MW power plant in Dominican Republic
• Sempra U.S. Gas & Power dedicates Arizona solar project
• Edison Mission Energy dedicates peaker power plant in Industry, California
• New Energy Technologies developing spray-on, see-through solar energy cells
• Air Products assists in Texas carbon capture demonstration project
• A123 power grid energy storage battery system certified in Europe
• Dana Holding wins Canadian grant to improve electric vehicle battery packs
• Otter Tail Power purchases wind energy output
• Abengoa wins three electricity transmission concessions for Brazilian regulator
• Silver Spring Networks, Wigton, U.K. team on smart grid project
• UpWind to service four wind projects in Texas and Kansas
• First phase of Ghana's 400 MW hydropower project generating power
• Solar photovoltaic firm Solopower sells off equipment, prepares for layoffs
• Distributed generation through smart grid catches on in Asia
• DOE launches public-private partnership to deploy hydrogen infrastructure
• AES units to end use of coal in Ohio, Indiana
• Cape & Vineyard Electric Cooperative project gets financing
• Nuclear Energy Institute elects board leadership
• Radio-controlled airplane crash brings FBI to coal-fired power plant
• Quantum Technologies sells wind farm to Leader Resources
• Report: 7 percent of Americans now watch their electricity use on a smartphone
• Tennessee Valley Authority offers retirement incentives to workers in coal division
• ABB CEO Joe Hogan will leave company
• U.K. delays smart meter rollout into 2015
• Plans cancelled for FirstEnergy natural gas-fired peaking unit
• Salt River Project objects to changes in Navajo Generating Station lease extension
• Microgrids for military bases to surpass $377 million by 2018
• Alberta Electric System Operator seeks developers for transmission line
• Calvert Cliffs nuclear unit suddenly shuts down
• MidAmerican plans $1.9 billion Iowa wind expansion
• Utilities plan to spend more on transmission, SCADA, OMS
• TAMA Transmission to bid on the Alberta transmission project
• Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 enters outage for turbine modifications
• PacifiCorp moves forward with western transmission network expansion
• High prices, public opinion challenge nuclear power industry in Europe
• DOE meets with South Korean trade officials to talk energy priorities
• Nun, protesters found guilty of uranium plant break-in
• Xcel Energy, NCAR power up renewable energy forecasts
• Landis+Gyr to deliver smart grid technology for TEPCO
• First Wind to develop solar power projects in Massachusetts
• TransAlta working to restore Keephills Unit 1 to service
• Sacramento fits water treatment center with SolarCity solar energy systems
• Duke Energy seeks funds for Levy County nuclear project
• Anbaric Transmission finds interest in N.Y. to Vermont transmission line
• NRC issues confirmatory order to Farley Nuclear Power Plant
• Anxiety levels rise for electric industry leaders
• Abengoa to upgrade transmission line in California
• NextEra picks GE wind turbines for Michigan wind farm
• Mitsubishi controls used in new Chinese nuclear power plants